Finished this mini-series in one night on Saturday: unorthodox. The various landmarks of Berlin look too familiar and intimate.
Most of the characters portrayed in the play have no serious evil, but because of the oppression under the traditional system and culture, they cannot jump out of their own box to think about the problem from another angle. This show reminded me of a movie I watched a few years ago about honor killings: When We Left. The status of women in many cultures of this era is still insignificant, and it is scary that many women later joined men and became the oppressors of a new generation of women.
I choose to respect these traditional cultures, but I think all people have the right to choose, whether to leave or stay. When Etsy, the heroine in the play, walked to the cafe that symbolized her new life and freedom, it was when she truly achieved self-redemption.
Some of my clients come from the Amish community, which is a kind and united community, and the stories of some of them are also heart-wrenching stories of the choice of fleeing and staying. The constant clipping is the friendship with the family.
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